Joe
Austin,#2Consumer Comment
Fri, January 16, 2009
I REMEMBER TWO RADIO ADS FOR THIS FABULOUS PARADISE ON EARTH CALLED TAHITI VILLAGE ON THE HIGHEST RATED NIGHT TALK SHOW ON AM RADIO. ONE WAS BY SOME LADY NAMED TANYA ROBERTS WHOSE SOLE CLAIM TO FAME WAS HAVING APPEARED AS A BIMBO IN ONE OF THOSE JAMES BOND FILMS. SHE HAD A VERY SEDUCTIVE VOICE AND MADE THE TAHITI VILLAGE EXPERIENCE SEEM LIKE A COME-ON FOR A CASINO TO COME AND GAMBLE THAT IT WAS COMPLETELY FREE HONEYMOON PACKAGE GET AWAY AND YOU DON'T PAY A DIME FOR IT, SHE SAID. "REAL HIGH ROLLER TREATMENT,BABY." SHE PROMISED. YEAH. SURE. SOUNDED TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE FOR ME. I WAS AFRAID I WOULD BE STRANDED IN VEGAS AND BRAINWASHED INTO OR LIED TO OR OTHERWISE FORCED TO DO SOMETHING ON ACCOUNT OF THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A FREE LUNCH..WITHOUT STRINGS OR HANGMAN'S NOOSES ATTACHED. I ALSO WONDERED WHY ALL OF THE HOMELESS PEOPLE WE HAD HERE WHO HAVE ACCESS TO THE RADIO DIDN'T GO ON THIS JUNKET. THEY ALSO PROMISED YOU TICKETS TO A HOT SHOW ON THE STRIP. THE SECOND AD WAS BY THAT NUTCASE ROSEANN, THE ONE WHO USED TO HAVE THE HIT SITCOM WITH JOHN GOODMAN ABOUT THE BLUE COLLAR FAMILY. SHE SAID THAT SHE WAS PUTTING HER NAME ON IT SO YOU WOULD KNOW IT WAS NO BS. SHE ALSO SOUNDED RATHER DESPERATE. AND SHE SAID THAT YOU WOULD BE GETTING TICKETS TO HER SHOW. I WONDERED IN WHICH DUMP WAS SHE WAS GOING TO BE PERFORMING BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN QUITE A WHILE SINCE SHE HAS HAD A HIT AFTER HER DISASTROUS SOLO TV SHOW. I THOUGHT I WOULD CHECK OUT TAHITI VILLAGE ON THE RIPOFF REPORT FOR AMUSEMENT PURPOSES ONLY BUT DID I GET MY EYES OPENED BY PEOPLE WHO FELL FOR THAT CON JOB! I REMEMBER THAT ONE OF THE HOSTS OF THAT TALK SHOW TRIED TO READ THAT AD BUT HE JUST WAS NOT CONVINCING. I HAD A LOT OF RESPECT FOR HIM AND HAD LISTENED TO THAT SHOW EVERY SINCE IT FIRST CAME ON THE AIR NATIONWIDE. I STILL LIKE THE SHOW AND I KNOW THAT ADVERTISING PAYS THE BILLS BUT TO STOOP TO THIS VEGAS LOUNGE LIZARD, REAL ESTATE RIP OFF SCHEME? NOWHERE AT ALL DID IT MENTION THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE A HARD SELL PITCH IN HELL TO BUY TIMESHARES WHICH ARE A RIP OFF IN THEMSELVES IN MY OPINION. LIKE ANYBODY IS GOING TO GIVE YOU THIS WONDERFUL PARADISE VACATION IN VEGAS OUT OF THE GOODNESS OF THEIR OWN HEART, ESPECIALLY IN VEGAS... GET REAL. WHEN YOU GET GREEDY, YOU GET RIPPED OFF IN MOST CASES. IT'S BEEN QUITE A WHILE SINCE I HEARD THAT COMMERCIAL ON OUR LOCAL TALK RADIO STATIONS SO APPARENTLY THEY EITHER WERE SHUT DOWN BY THE FTC OR THE STATION REALIZED IT WAS A RIP OFF OR THESE GUYS DIDN'T PAY THEIR BILLS. TAHITI VILLAGE SUGGESTS HUTS ON A BEACH THAT GET WASHED AWAY WITH EVERY HURRICANE TO ME AND REASON ENOUGH FOR ME TO STAY HOME.